by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor
As Appearing in the California Globe
The California Air Resources Board has been using Chinese research to bolster their corrupt and dishonest climate policies
California Governor Gavin Newsom is destroying the state’s oil and gas industry, and it appears to be deliberate. Newsom is presiding over perhaps the largest collapse of the oil industry, refinery operations and gasoline production in U.S. history.
Just this month, Marathon Petroleum, Chevron and PBF Energy sent a blistering warning to Governor Newsom and top state officials in a letter declaring that proposed amendments to the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Cap-and-Invest program would destroy what is left of California oil refineries.
Three severe warnings by the state’s remaining petroleum companies should elicit a response, but the governor is on a book tour/presidential campaign.
Newsom’s Sweeping Set of Laws
In 2022, Newsom signed a “sweeping set of laws” to dramatically cut the state’s use of oil and gas, many in the California media reported. That “sweeping set of laws” is 40 climate change bills regulating California businesses and its people.
